The medical community has repeatedly been cautioned about the negative impact of unrestrained script-writing, particularly when it comes to antibiotics. Yet over and over again, stories surface about too...
<p>The 1990s were an exciting decade for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The addition of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and then angiotensin receptor blockers to the...
It’s late Friday afternoon, and you are seeing your last patient of the week. This man has run out of his antihypertensive medications, and he has repeated blood pressure (BP) measurements in your office...
This Top Paper1 is a cautionary tale of a disconcerting primary care complicity, the power of direct-to-consumer marketing, and insomnia, played out in the context of a common practice—that of prescription...
<p>Events in Germany and other European countries during the past several weeks have made me queasy every time I see vegetables. The fallout of the recent Shiga...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an epidemic with serious and fatal complications. Some predictions estimate that 440 million persons will have this...
